Yes, I had forgotten about poor Corporal (was it?) Shalit. I am glad to see you haven't.
I would not be surprised if the army knew where they can find him, alive or dead, but that they have obstacles in the way. There is a rumour that they know where the whole high command of Hamas is holed up - but that it happens to be, in their own despicable way, in a bunker dug directly under a hospital full of women and children. Repulsive. I am reminded of an old war story: Field-Marshal Rommel was having serious problem with fuel supplies - indispensable to a desert tank army - because the British were sinking too many Italian transports. A particularly uninspired Italian officer had the bright idea of passing the oil in ships disguised as Red Cross transports. Rommel exploded: "I am doing everything in my power to keep this war within the bounds of law and custom, and you give the English such encouragement to attack Red Cross transports?" The order, of course, was swiftly countermanded. Rommel later died for his part in the July 20 plot against Hitler.
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Date: 2009-01-19 05:53 pm (UTC)I would not be surprised if the army knew where they can find him, alive or dead, but that they have obstacles in the way. There is a rumour that they know where the whole high command of Hamas is holed up - but that it happens to be, in their own despicable way, in a bunker dug directly under a hospital full of women and children. Repulsive. I am reminded of an old war story: Field-Marshal Rommel was having serious problem with fuel supplies - indispensable to a desert tank army - because the British were sinking too many Italian transports. A particularly uninspired Italian officer had the bright idea of passing the oil in ships disguised as Red Cross transports. Rommel exploded: "I am doing everything in my power to keep this war within the bounds of law and custom, and you give the English such encouragement to attack Red Cross transports?" The order, of course, was swiftly countermanded. Rommel later died for his part in the July 20 plot against Hitler.